Acts of compassion help cancer patients live longer

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Cancer patients live longer, or
can even reverse their condition,
if their vagus nerve is stimulated,
which can be done through
meditation, yoga, and practicing
compassion and gratitude, a new
study has concluded.
Survival times are four times
greater in people with high vagus
activity, and the cancer’s progress
is slowed, especially in the later
stages of the disease.
The vagus nerve, which runs
from the brain stem through
the neck and thorax and ends in
the abdomen, lowers our heart
rate and controls food digestion.
And it’s involved in three major
biological processes linked to
cancer: oxidative stress or free
radical production, inflammation
and stress.
Researchers at Vrije University
in Brussels took another look at
12 studies, involving 1,822 cancer
patients, that had monitored
heart rate variability (HRV), an
indicator of vagus nerve activity.
They discovered that the cancer’s
progress was slower in those
whose vagus nerve activity was
higher, and this was the case for all
types of cancer.
The effect of vagus activity was
more noticeable in those whose
cancers were more advanced or
had spread to other organs.
Medical researcher Dr David
Hamilton says there are four
proven ways to stimulate
vagus nerve activity: exercise,
meditation, yoga and compassion.
He says that studies by Stephen
Porges at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown
that compassion activates the
vagus nerve, and similar effects
have been seen in those who
practice the Buddhist ‘loving–
kindness’ meditation.
J Oncol, 2018; 2018: 1236787
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Srinivas1939

Really interesting.Apart from holding out hope for the afflicted this would also help them cope with the trauma and stimulate the will to survive.Should keep track of further developments in this regard.

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Srinivas1939 25-1-2019 03:53 PM
Really interesting.Apart from holding out hope for the afflicted this would also help them cope with ...

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